Monty seems to say what the gardeners need to here. He didn't tell the owners of the tiny courtyard to restrict the types of plants. I think for the front garden of two houses to work they needed restricting.
I am trying for a many flowers for as long as possible rather than something sophisticated. Currently trying to shoehorn in couple more gc purchases while trying to remember plants grow and there are still dahlias to go in
Well I tried to use a quote but the new system isn't working for me. ..anyhoooo...
To use the Quote system you have to click Quote and then click Unquote. No - it doesn't make any sense to me either, but it does work. I can't remember who told me.
Well I regard my entire garden, all few square metres of it, as a trial ground. It takes a hammering from excessive wall shade, exuberant slugs and hyperactive mice. As soon as a spot opens up on account of their activities, or if i get fed up with something, I try something else--often that I haven't tried before. If I particularly like something I will often add more of it or divide. There is a good discussion by Noel Kingsbury about sociable vs solitary plants which is really helpful and works--so things like ferns, grasses, geums need odd numbers of three or above to look 'natural', whereas other things like Actaea will work with a single statuesque specimen. This I find very helpful. I never intend to stop trialling all sorts of things, in blatant denial of everything it says in design manuals. In a garden as small as mine a drift of just one thing would result in a garden filled with boredom for many weeks. So it's a matter of balancing what needs companionship and my need for variety and interest over a long period. This is much less about flower power than about things looking reliably 'well-groomed' and about using contrasting foliage effects. All things are possible...
Over the years I have collected plants from fetes, bazaars, friends, my parents, birthdays & other celebrations - they all mean something to me - make the garden look like a patchwork quilt - but I don't care. A relation once said that our garden was a mess of colours that clashed - but hey-ho that's their problem not mine, I haven't invited them back though!
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Well I tried to use a quote but the new system isn't working for me. ..anyhoooo...
I was just wondering about the term *too many* as a lot of folks have taken that to mean each plant is unrelated to it's neighbours
We're all restricted to a point dependant on the conditions of soil/environment /season...yeah you get it
personally, I don't restrict species but I do limit pallet in areas of the garden to control a mood or aesthetic I suppose,
but I don't agree with someone said drifts make bare patches out of season, I think they are texture and form, a foil for something brassy next door
Monty seems to say what the gardeners need to here. He didn't tell the owners of the tiny courtyard to restrict the types of plants. I think for the front garden of two houses to work they needed restricting.
I am trying for a many flowers for as long as possible rather than something sophisticated. Currently trying to shoehorn in couple more gc purchases while trying to remember plants grow and there are still dahlias to go in
To use the Quote system you have to click Quote and then click Unquote. No - it doesn't make any sense to me either, but it does work. I can't remember who told me.
Well I regard my entire garden, all few square metres of it, as a trial ground. It takes a hammering from excessive wall shade, exuberant slugs and hyperactive mice. As soon as a spot opens up on account of their activities, or if i get fed up with something, I try something else--often that I haven't tried before. If I particularly like something I will often add more of it or divide. There is a good discussion by Noel Kingsbury about sociable vs solitary plants which is really helpful and works--so things like ferns, grasses, geums need odd numbers of three or above to look 'natural', whereas other things like Actaea will work with a single statuesque specimen. This I find very helpful. I never intend to stop trialling all sorts of things, in blatant denial of everything it says in design manuals. In a garden as small as mine a drift of just one thing would result in a garden filled with boredom for many weeks. So it's a matter of balancing what needs companionship and my need for variety and interest over a long period. This is much less about flower power than about things looking reliably 'well-groomed' and about using contrasting foliage effects. All things are possible...
Over the years I have collected plants from fetes, bazaars, friends, my parents, birthdays & other celebrations - they all mean something to me - make the garden look like a patchwork quilt - but I don't care. A relation once said that our garden was a mess of colours that clashed - but hey-ho that's their problem not mine, I haven't invited them back though!